Monks hope consumer cutbacks donâÂ?Â?t include fruitcake

ByAdelle M. Banks | December 2, 2008

(UNDATED) They’re delaying their purchase of a new car. They’re thinking twice before dining out. But you know the economy is tough when consumers are even reducing their purchases of that Christmas staple: the fruitcake. Monasteries and abbeys across the United States-where fruitcake baking is the traditional work of Trappist monks-are reporting a modest dip […]